Christmas Hurdle (Ireland)
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The Christmas Hurdle is Grade 1 National Hunt hurdle race in Ireland. It is run at Leopardstown Racecourse in December, over a distance of 3 miles (4,828 metres) and during its running there are 12 flights of hurdles to be jumped.
The race is one of the feature races of Leopardstown's Christmas Festival. Prior to 2013 it carried Grade 2 status. The 2019 race was run as the Frank Ward Memorial Hurdle.
Records
Most successful horse (3 wins):
- Apple's Jade – (2017, 2018, 2019)
Leading jockey (3 wins):
- Ruby Walsh – Commanche Court (1998), Zaidpour (2013), Vroum Vroum Mag (2016
Leading trainer (4 wins):
- Gordon Elliott – Prince of Scars (2015), Apple's Jade (2017, 2018, 2019)